Game Thread - Suns @ Lakers - Sunday April 30, 2006 **12:30 pm**

[jibikao]

It was amazing how the refs made Steve "two-time MVP" Nash miss at least NINE straight shots on open looks !!

Who is the moderator here? Do we even have one? I don't care if Nash misses shots. The fact is the refs won't call foul shots when Nash had the ball and Laker was CLEARLY hacking everything. I can let go of the first hack on Nash since Nash didn't have the ball close to him but you can't tell me the second time that wasn't a foul.

 

[JerkFace]

Hey, Mike - grow up.

even as a laker fan you have to admit that the jump ball call was pretty lame

 

[jibikao]

I've never seen such horrible sh*t calling in my life...that was a f-ing joke...he clearly gets hacked at the end, the ref is standing there watching...the REF KNOWS LA needs to foul, and he puts the whistle in his pocket...

I've never been so mad...we had this game won twice...

That's why NBA is fixed. We were up BOTH times and Laker NEEDS to foul. WE both had the ball and the refs just won't call. The second time is probably the WORST in NBA history.

 

[jbeecham]

It was amazing how the refs made Steve "two-time MVP" Nash miss at least NINE straight shots on open looks !!

Get the Fuc off this board right now you piece of sht

 

[Treesquid PhD]

I just hope this team sacs up and plays as hard in game 5. No pressure anymore Marion, Diaw and Barbosa should dominate.

 

[elindholm]

You have to admit, though, for anyone who isn't a Suns fan, the game was extremely entertaining. The league knows exactly what it's doing.

The Suns have not learned Rule #1 of playoff basketball, which is, "Commit a foul on every play, because eventually the officials will get bored with calling them, and then you can start getting away with all sorts of cool stuff." It isn't the Lakers' fault that they're the only team on the floor that understands this rule.

I wish I hadn't watched, but I guess it's good that I did, just so I could see it for myself. Let's hope that this early elimination gives the Suns a lot of anger to stew over during the summer. They could use it.

 

[bratwurst]

Nothing is fixed.....

The official put himself in a bad position to make a call, which is his fault. Chalk this one up to human ineptitude

Are you serious? Thats an obvious fouling situation and the guys were slapping him left and right. He was 5 feet away! Every camera angle shows multiple fouls.

The NBA is the same as it always has been. Kobe is the name they want in the next round, and he plays in LA.

 

[Card Trader]

Brian, you are a punk, go away.....no one wants to hear your homeristic rambling.

 

[KloD]

I'm done. I want the last 3 hours of my life back.

Screw you Lakers and their troll fans, enjoy your preferential treatment.
Suns, go home, play golf, see you next season.

What a ****ing joke this league is.

 

[HardBall]

Screw PLAYING hard in game 5. Start FOULING hard!!! Time for payback. Put in the Hanson brothers. This is horseshiite!!!

 

[Brian in Mesa]

even as a laker fan you have to admit that the jump ball call was pretty lame

It was and Luke Walton held James Jones at the end of regulation too.

NBA officiating sucks, I've never said it didn't.

You've basically got to try and build a big lead and keep the game from being decided by the refs. If any of Nash's open misses went in - game over Suns win.

 

[jibikao]

You have to admit, though, for anyone who isn't a Suns fan, the game was extremely entertaining. The league knows exactly what it's doing.

The Suns have not learned Rule #1 of playoff basketball, which is, "Commit a foul on every play, because eventually the officials will get bored with calling them, and then you can start getting away with all sorts of cool stuff." It isn't the Lakers' fault that they're the only team on the floor that understands this rule.

I wish I hadn't watched, but I guess it's good that I did, just so I could see it for myself. Let's hope that this early elimination gives the Suns a lot of anger to stew over during the summer. They could use it.

Yeah, for Laker it's entertainment, for us, it's torture.

 

[sunsfn]

This was a horrible game to watch.......this game reminded me of the Kings Lakers game a few years back!

 

[bratwurst]

You've basically got to try and build a big lead and keep the game from being decided by the refs. If any of Nash's open misses went in - game over Suns win.

Wow this is a hell of an advertisement for the NBA. They should make this into 30 second prime time spots on ESPN!

 

[justAndy]

it's like i said on another thread - NBA and ABC got what they want.
NOBODY that CLAIMS they are a Cardinal fan should be a L Gay Lakers fan - go die, F******.

 

[KloD]

**** you Laker fans, go find a Lakers board where your wanted. Trolls.

 

[Card Trader]

Take that crybaby Suns fans! Cry some more. Cry about the refs. Cry about Marion crapping the bed. Cry about your "MVP" not getting calls. Whatever. 3-1 crybabies.

A-Bomb

What are you? 13? What kind of immature little ***** comes to a board and talks trash after a team gets screwed 2 games in a row?

Just like Brian, you need to go away too....idiot.

 

[Evil Ash]

I'm done. I want the last 3 hours of my life back.

Screw you Lakers and their troll fans, enjoy your preferential treatment.
Suns, go home, play golf, see you next season.

What a ****ing joke this league is.

And people wondered why I stopped watching

The league is unwatchable anymore. I didn't even watch the game and knew what was going to happen

 

[Renz]

Take that crybaby Suns fans! Cry some more. Cry about the refs. Cry about Marion crapping the bed. Cry about your "MVP" not getting calls. Whatever. 3-1 crybabies.

A-Bomb

Seriously, as a whole, no one cries about the refs more than PHX fans.

The Lakers are making the plays and Phoenix isn't. Jackson is outcoaching D'Antoni. Odom is outplaying PHX by himself.

That's why it's 3-1. Anyone can cherry-pick foul calls and blame the refereeing for a loss. If PHX passes the ball inbounds at the end of the 4th then they win. Did the refs steal the ball too or was that Smush and Kobe making amazing plays?

 

[jibikao]

It was and Luke Walton held James Jones at the end of regulation too.

NBA officiating sucks, I've never said it didn't.

You've basically got to try and build a big lead and keep the game from being decided by the refs. If any of Nash's open misses went in - game over Suns win.

This the LAMEST argument ever. Can somebody please kick him out? There are miss shots in the end and there are something called FOUL SHOTS in the end which the refs won't give.

 

[jibikao]

And people wondered why I stopped watching

The league is unwatchable anymore. I didn't even watch the game and knew what was going to happen

You didn't watch? Oh, you should. This is the classic robbery in the end.

 

[Brian in Mesa]

The Suns have not learned Rule #1 of playoff basketball, which is, "Commit a foul on every play, because eventually the officials will get bored with calling them, and then you can start getting away with all sorts of cool stuff." It isn't the Lakers' fault that they're the only team on the floor that understands this rule.

We used to get manhandled by Detroit (Bad Boys era). They'd push us around and not get called, but as soon as we tried doing the same - whistles blew. Showtime was a running team not known for being physical, sort of like the Suns right now.

 

[Mike Olbinski]

Seriously, as a whole, no one cries about the refs more than PHX fans.

The Lakers are making the plays and Phoenix isn't. Jackson is outcoaching D'Antoni. Odom is outplaying PHX by himself.

That's why it's 3-1. Anyone can cherry-pick foul calls and blame the refereeing for a loss.

Please....DID YOU NOT SEE KOBE WHINE TO THE REFS THE ENTIRE GAME?

STop this BS crap about SUNS fans whining...EVERYONE WHINES...and KOBE WHINED ALL FREAKING GAME...

 

[bratwurst]

And people wondered why I stopped watching

The league is unwatchable anymore. I didn't even watch the game and knew what was going to happen

I watched the last five minutes, that was more than enough.

I used to watch 3 games a night on league pass, I'm not sure I could stomach that much anymore. Is viewership climbing in the NBA?

 

[JS22]

It was amazing how the refs made Steve "two-time MVP" Nash miss at least NINE straight shots on open looks !!

Shut the **** up, seriously. Can you find nothing better to do than troll?